With the Ravens leading 34-31 with four seconds left and readying themselves for a free kick after taking a deliberate safety, Flacco was heard telling teammates to come off the sideline and tackle Ginn, if need be.

""I don't know. I mean, what else what could they I don't know," Flacco said. "They might be able to give him a touchdown on that, but I don't know."

Flacco then walks over and shares the same message with Birk.

"Hey, if he breaks it, if he busts it for some reason, tackle him, go tackle him," Flacco said.

"Why can't you?" asked Yanda.

"I will," Flacco said. "I'm going to."

We'll assume Flacco had no real intention of coming off the sideline for a touchdown-saving tackle since Ginn did break free for an instant near the Ravens bench and neither Flacco nor any of his teammates came onto the field.

And, it's a good thing Flacco and his teammates left the tackling to the 11 men on the field since, according to NFL rules, the 49ers could have been awarded a touchdown had someone from the sideline interfered on the play.

Rule 12, Section 3, Aricle 3 of the NFL Rule Books states:

"Palpably Unfair Act. A player or substitute shall not interfere with play by any act which is palpably unfair. Penalty: For a palpably unfair act: Offender may be disqualified. The Referee, after consulting his crew, enforces any such distance penalty as they consider equitable and irrespective of any other specified code penalty. The Referee may award a score."

Had that have happened, instead of taking home the MVP award, Flacco would have been lugging around the stigma of the guy who orchestrated the worst championship ending in the history of team sports.